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Read between the lines

By KC Joyner, Eddie Matz, Aaron Schatz
ESPN The Magazine

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

1. LENGTH OF NATIONAL ANTHEM BOYD GAMING OVER/UNDER: 1 minute 42 seconds The past 12 Super Bowl anthem singers have averaged 1 minute 44 seconds from "Oh, say" to "home of the brave." Yes, that almost perfectly corresponds with this year's over/under, presumably making any wager a 50/50 proposition. But keep in mind, there are singers, then there are belters. "Because of all the embellishments," says Berklee College of Music's Jan Shapiro, "they tend to take a little longer." Make that a lot l ...

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